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How to Avoid Hotel Taxes :: Which U.S. Cities Tax You More Than the Rest
August 19, 2008 at 4:00 PM | 0 Comments
These days you can't take a quoted room rate at face value. Before making a decision you must estimate the taxes and fees that will inevitably be added to your bottom line.
With the travel industry struggling, more and more surcharges are sneaking into our bills.
The National Business Travel Association recently conducted a study ranking cities in the United States by hotel and other travel taxes.
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Online Travel Companies Under Pressure To Pay Up Owed Taxes
July 24, 2008 at 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
We've posted before on how several online travel agencies are in hot water with local municipalities over hotel room taxes and it looks like the tug-of-war will be going on for a while.
Several towns and counties have complained that online travel agencies like Expedia, Hotels.com and Travelocity have pocketed hotel room taxes which rightfully belong to the city or county that the hotel is located in.
You know what those taxes are like. You see them on your check-out bill and it usually is listed as a state or city tax or both. For instance, we just checked out of a hotel in NYC and were docked with a NY state tax, an NYC city tax and an occupancy tax, totaling about $45.
